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Government and Ministries of the United Blue Directorate

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Main article: United Blue Directorate
UBD World Headquarters

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[edit] The Directorate

There are three directors of UBD who are elected every three months. These three Directors appoint and oversee the ministries and the running of the alliance. Elections are open to all UBD members and each may vote for 2 canidates.

[edit] Ministries

There are currently 8 ministries that any member can become part of. They handle certain aspects of the day to day operation of the alliance. Each ministry consists of 2 members, the Minister and his Assistant Minister. Each minister is assigned by the directors after the public elections close and the new directors organize themselves. Assistant Ministers are picked by there respective minister. If a minstry has a double duty(such as the Ministry of Defence, Defence and Intel)the minister may pick 2 assistant ministers. These ministries are:

[edit] Internal Affairs

This ministry is mainly responsible for tracking and communicating with UBD members. The staff maintain accurate member lists and provide support for mass messaging of newsletters and security alerts. The Minister of Internal Affairs can also help with administrative tasks on the cybernations forums such as nation sitting for UBD members.

[edit] Foreign Affairs

This ministry co-ordinates diplomatic efforts, recieving regular reports from diplomats across planet bob and managing interior embassies. The Minister of Foreign Affairs is responsible for providing information and responses to diplomats on the UBD forums as well as overseeing the creation and reviewing of treaties.

[edit] Trade

The trade ministry is now a diminished form of what it was, mainly due to the alliance entering into the Blunity Accords. The UBD still does employ a minister of trade to help co-ordinate blunity economic efforts as well as to provide support for any internal trading schemes. The UBD trade ministry caters for UBD protectorate alliances as well and matches up trades between UBD members and protectorates.

[edit] Recruitment

The ministry of recruitment is responsible for the messaging of unaligned nations on Cybernations and the admittance of applicants to our forums. This ministry liases with the Directorate bank to ensure that funds are secured for new members and rewards reach those who have recruited well. The UBD currently offers cash incentives to both applicants and recruiters to maintain a steady growth in member count and to encourage pro-active recruitment.

[edit] Education

This ministry aims to educate all new and existing members of the UBD in "nationcraft"; i.e how to run their nation effectively for the benefit of themselves and the alliance. This ministry is home to vast quantities of reading material and dedicated staff who review and offer advice to nations who have submitted an audit request.

[edit] Finance

The ministry of finance, or the Directorate Bank as it is commonly known, co-ordinates the distribution of funds from senior members of the alliance to recruiters, recruits, boostees and veterans. Regular contributors to the bank are rewarded with prestige and medals to acknowledge the sacrifice they make for the good of the alliance. The Directorate bank also oversees the distribution of aid to UBD protectorate alliances.

[edit] Defence

The Directorate Defense Ministry is based out of the Directorate Defense Complex (DDC), located in Quantico, the capital city of longtime Minister of Defense, Zak Rochner. Primarily tasked with the day to day defense of the Directorate from the threat of tech raids, the DDM is also responsible for war planning, battle doctrine formulation, task force management, and an assortment of other myriad duties related to prosecution of battle against the enemies of the Directorate. The main instrument of policy of the DDM is Task Force Pegasus. TFP is an elite unit of NS varied nations of the UBD tasked with attacking tech raiders, and making preventative strikes against Directorate enemies.